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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28

1t may be laid down as a rule says the
author in "artistic horseshoeing," that
the horn grows more rapidly in warm,
dry climates than in cold, wet ones; in
healthy, energetic animals than in those
which are soft and weakly; during eXer-
else than in repose; in young than in old
animals. Food, labor and shoeing also
add their influence, whi1 the seasons are
to some extent concerned in the growth
and shape of the hoof In winter it
widenS. becomes softer and grows but
little; in summer il is condensed, becomes
more rigid. cOncave and resisting, is eX-
posed to sevcrer wear and grows more
rapidly; this variation is provision of
nature to enable the hoof to adapt itself to
the altered conditions it has to meet--hard
horn to hard ground, soft horn to soft
ground.
In this way is accounted for the in
fuencc of locality upon the shape of the
foot. On hard, dry ground the hoof is
dense, tenacious and small, with concave
sole, and little but firm frog; in marshy
regions it is large and spreading, the horn
soft and easily destroyed by wear the
sole thin and fiat, and the frog an i'm
mense spongy mass which is badly fitted
to receive pressure from slightly hardened
soil. In dry climate, we have an
animal small, compact, wiry and vigor-
Gus, travelling on surface which demands
a tenacious hoof, and not one adapted to
prevent sinking; in the marshy region we
have large, heavy, Emphatic creature,
one of whose primary requirements is a
foot designed to travel on a soft yielding
surface. Change the respective situations
of these two horses, and nature i'm
mediately begins to transform them and
their feet.
In the ordinary conditions Of town work
and stable management, it has been OBJ
served that the wall of a healthy foot
grows down from the coronet at the rate
of about one-Quarter of an inch per month,
and that the entire wall of medium
SIZED hoof has been regenerated in from
nine to twelve months.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28

Experiments appear to have proven that
acid apples with white flesh make the
best product when dried. In large estab-
lishments apples are prepared for the
evaporator by machines that pare, core
and slice the apples in one operation.
Hand prepared fruit, not being divided
into uniform pieces, does not dry as evenly
and present as attractive an appearance.
Some manufacturers place the apples
when they come from the parer into a So
luton of salt and water-onc pint Of salt
to ten gallons of water This is thought
to cut the gum on the fruit and clean it,
also to prevent fermentation and aid in
bleaching.
Bleaching is done by exposing the fruit
in a wooden box or special machine, to
sulphur fumes. The sooner the bleaching
is done after the apples are cut the better.
Caution is necessary not to ovcrblcach the
fruit and cause it to both taste and smell
of sulphur. In different establishments
the heat of the evaporater varies from 9J
degs. to 200 degs. Fahrenheit. The fruit
must remain in from two to five hours,
according to the heat Of the air in the
evaporator. One bushel Of apples is esti-
mated to make from five TO seven pounds
of dried fruit.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28

I don't think they drink. / don't know
know how strong hereditary tendencies
may prove. Now, suppose | let them go
at S. a month apiece-SlsO,0 600 month
look at the saving
"Well, can make these idle, useless
myriads of dead men useful in thousand
ways-as Congressman, district messen-
gers. consuls, statesmen.
"Take the case of Europe. | could fur
nish Europe with set of kings that could
eat dynamite if they wanted tot
wouldn't hurt them. Could do a splendid
trade in misfit kings just as you do
in carpets-for a reasonable brokerage take
an inefficient Alphonso off their hands and
furnish them with an original solomon
in all his glory. And as to detectives, |
have record of $50 cases where detec-
tives would have ferreted out crime if they
had only lived long enough | can mate,
rialize an army of detectives that would
last forever. There is no reason in the
: orld why, if pains be taken with the
undertaking process, mater1allzed de.
tective should not remain perfectly sound
and sweet thousand years"
That is funny-eXtraordina amusing
it seems to ine-but it isn't a play.
w. A. CROFFUT.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28


The election of officers at the late session
Of the American Pathological society, in
Boston, for the next two years, resulted in
the choice of =. j. Berckmans, of Augusta,
Ga, for president; Charles w. Garfield, Of
Michigan, secretary; r. r. Lyon, Of Michi-
gam first vice president, and vice prcsi-
dent was also selected fronseach state and
territory.
At the convention Of American florists,
in Chicago, the officers elected were as fol-
lows: President, f. G. Hill, Richmond,
Ind; first vice president, w. d. Siebrecht,
Astoria, n. Y; secretary, w. !. Stewart,
Boston, Mass; treasurer, NJ. A. Hunt,
Terre lIaute, Ind. One vice president was
also elected for each state and territory.
At the late convention of agricultural
chemists in Washington the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year
President, p. +. Chazel, state chemist OF
South Carolina; vice president, w. j. Gas
coyne, state chemist of Virginia; secretary
Clifford Richardson, district chemist; eX.
ecutive committee, =. II. jenkins, vice di
rector of the Connecticut agricultural e1
pertinent station, and j. A. Myers, state
chemist of Mississippi.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28

DR.. Salmon is reported to have said at
the meeting of the Society for Promoting
Agricultural Science that lime will Kill
the germs Of hog cholera. 1t was advised
that the lime be applied Mt the rate of
fifty bushels per acre, ulon land used as
n hog pasture, and the gcrls will be de-
stroycd in the soil to the depth OF six
inches y like proportion Of limo mixed
in manure piles containing the germs, it
was claimed, will also Kill them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28

The FREE PRESS has just made popu-
lar sensation in reducing the price of Its
weekly edition to one dollar year. This
is the greatest reduction on record
Judging by comparison the Weekly FREE
PRESS was cheap at 800, but now that 1t
is sold for half the old rate there is no eX
cuse for any family in Northern Vermont
being without its weekly visits.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28
EAT pRooF CORN CR1P.

1t must be elevated about three feet from
the ground on posts and tin pans, bottom
up, placed on top of the posts. The crib
must not be near enough to any tree,
fence or building for rats to jump to the
crib. AS they cannot climb up the posts
higher than the tin pans the crib is sure
to be rat and mice proof The steps lead
ing into the crib should he movable ones
that can be folded or pulled up inside the
crib when not in use
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28
The Weekly Free Press frOm
this date il reduced one halt-it
is now only ONE DOLLAR a
war
CURRENT COMMENT.
THEY REFUSE TO EQUALIzE.
year.

The effort of the trades union to equal
ize wages by compelling men who can
earn $50 a week, to work for $lG because
that is the level of wages in his trade,
will not succeed in free country. The
diligent and skilled workman Will refuse
to be equalized with the indolent and
half trained workman. - Springfield
Union
TWO DEMOCRATIC STUMBLING BLOCKS.
The labor democrats will not support a
party that proposes to deprive them of
the incidental protection, which revenue
tariff properly adjusted gives, and the
poor people, whose children are growing
up without education, will not support a
party opposed to using some OF the vast
surplus in establishing schools.-NdSt-
ollie american (Dcm.)
MINISTER PHELPs's COURSE.
Minister Phelps was "toadying Yer
mont mugwump" in the opinion of the
st. Louis Republican (democratic) no
longer ago than last Monday. This was
before the Shakespeare memorial speech.
Now that paper declares that he made a
very plain and sensible American speech
at Stratford He deserves fair play and
| he should have it," Very well, let the st.
Louis paper begin. Minister phelps's at
titude in England has been as plain and
sensible and American as that Strattord
speech. Springfield Republican.
THE IMPORTANCE OF COAL1NG STATIONS.
The United States is now building a
navy. If that navy, when the time for
action comes, is to do anything more than
patrol the American coast, it must have
coalng stations of its own abroad. We
own, as has been seen, an admirable coal
ing station in the harbor of Pango Pango,
in the Samoan islands. Unless we take
steps to occupy and secure possession OF
that harbor, coded to us by treaty, the
strategic and commercial Importance OF
which will be inestimable a few years
hence ; if our government lets the whole
thing Slide" and contents itself with ex.
ercising its good offices" on behalf OF
Samoa, without attending to our own in
terests we are likely to wake up some
fine morning and find the German FLAG
flying over the entire group, not eXclu'
sive of the harbor Of Pango-Pango.-Ne
Orleans Times Democrat.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28

The length of this harrow is eight or
ten feet and the width two and half
feet. Teeth on front piece are twelve
inches apart, and on aft piece same dis
tance. These latter teeth are exactly mid
way between those of the front piece, cut
ting little burrows of six inches apart las
shown in cut abovc), which will break the
entire surface at each going over, taking
out one-siXth of the plants.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28

In appearance the Guernsey Is a fine,
deep bodied COW, of rich color and of av-
erage size, Her quality is seen in the
marked yellowness of the skin, especially
on the inside of the ear, around the eye,
at the end of the tail, etc. The soft, fine
hair varies in color from deep red to a
light orange and white. Like the Jersey,
the distinguishing property Of TIE Guern-
sey is her butter product. The Guernsey
possesses beef making properties which
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28
4 Thirty Pound Book.

The largest book ever bound is owned
by Queen Victoria, and measures eighteen
inches across the back aud weighs thirty
pounds. 1t contains the jubilee addresses
of congratulations from members OF the
Primrose league.-Chicago Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28

relation to the capital, Shepherd was in
strumental in its tremendous drvelop-
ment, but, like the great fire in Chicago,
which gave That town a chance, he was an
expensive luxury
Washington today is the handsomest
city in the world, not excepting Edin-
burgh, Paris or Vienna, and it is growing
at this moment as fast as Minneapolis and
Kansas City
Yet how little is known about it
Let me serve you as guide for ten min
utes.
Capt. John Smith, in 1909, three years
before he had that celebrated Irritation
with Pocahontas, came up as far as the
present site of Washington and surveyed
it-optically.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28

Numbered with old things that do not
seem to have been improved upon is the
rat proof corn crib illustrated in the ac-
companying cut. While familiar, no
doubt, to many older readers, there are
q sufficient number of beginners whom it
may benefit to justify its description here.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28

ierre L'Enfante laid
out Washington and
Boss Shepherd "laid
out" Washingto
ians. This happy
legend was not print
ed in big letters on
any of the banners OF
the late much lauded
but very small, pota-
10 ovation to Shep-
herd, but it ought to
have been. In his
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28

A North Carolina farmer describes in
Southern Cultivator how to make light
harrow for use in broadcast narrowing of
cotton or other crops during early growth,
when heavy harrow with thick teeth
does not work well.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28
A FUGITITE CONGRESS.

The fugitive Congress Of the Revolution
and the tickle-minded Congress of the
succeeding decade met at Philadelphia,
Lancaster, York, Princeton, New York
and other places, warm and even bitter
struggle for the location of the seat of
The claims of New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Trenton, Reading, Kingston,
Annapolis, Alexandria, Georgetown, Har-
risburg, Lancaster, Carlisle, Newport, r.
l., and other towns were urged with per-
tinacity and in 1889 both Senate and House
passed bill locating the capital on the
Delaware, at Germantown, Pa, but an
amendment was tackled on by the House
and it was smothered in conference the
last hour of the session.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28

might be developed with care The cut
illustrates Gilt Edge, who has made a
good record among Guernsey mich cows.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28
FARM AND GARDEN.
A USEFUL LIGHT HARROW THAT
MAY BE MADE AT HOME.

Practical Information Regarding Cham
mel Island Cattle That Explains Away
Drying-A Corn Crib That Dcfies Rats.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28

Before the war Washington was, as
John Randolph called it. "a great Ser
bonian bog" and men still living have
shot ducks and snpe in the swamp where
now stands the National Hotel-the very
centre of the town.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-05
HISTORY OF THE 'CYC
The First Specimen Made by French
man In the Year 1893.

The First Specimen Made by a French
man In the Year 1893.
Bicycles and tricycles having become
favorite modes of locomotion both in
England and abroad, the history Of
these vehicles has been more closely
investigated. The idea of propelling a
small carriage on wheels by the arms
or legs is very old A machine of this
kind is described by Ozanam, a men,
ber of the French Academy, in 1893.
1t was tho invention of one Richard. a
physician at Rochelle, had four wheels
and was put in motion by pedals.
Since that time several similar at.
tempts have been made, one by Blanch-
ard in 1880, before he devoted his en-
ergies to the construction of his eron-
auto machines. Nearly thirty-five
years later (1S15) Neciphore Niepce,
one of the inventors of photography,
constructed the first bicycle, or "pedes-
trian hobby-horse," as it was called in
England. These velocipedes remained
in favor in Paris for some years, and
in 1918 were taken up and improved in
Eng gland.
A tricycle. for the use of ladies, called
the "ladies' hobby" was likewise cou-
structed at this time, and shows a
marked improvement by the introduc-
ton of pedals, which were connected
by levers to the front wheels. The or
iginal wood cut to the "ladies hobby
bears the date of May 23, 1919. The
London velocipedists used to practice
in riding school established for the
purpose by one johnson at 40 Brewer
street, Golden square, an illustration OF
which is extant.
1t was perhaps there that Cruikshank
conceived the idea for his amusing car
feature, dated July, 1919, and entitled
Every Man on His Perch; or Going to
the Hobby Fair However, the veloci.
pede mania came to an end in Paris
and London soon after 1920, and was
only revived some twenty years after,
since when bicycles and tricycles have
been so much improved that they bid
fair to retain permanent place among
the means of oflocomotion.- Boston Globe
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-05

pardoned, his Majesty pocketing the

pardoned, his Majesty pocketing the
diamond.
1t is only within two hundred years
that any system in the valuation of
diamonds has been arrived at. In Eu-
rope, until within the past hundred
years, there was no scale of value. The
old manner of valuation, thus. If a
diamond of a single carat was worth
$40, one of carats was worth $160,
one of 8 carats $3.50, is exploded; as
diamonds become more plenty the
quality determines the value, that
ranges from $40 to $500 per carat.
Much depends upon the taste and
skill of the lapidary in producing finely
cut, clear stones. Having decided
upon the form he will cut the stone,
he next makes model in lead, which
model rests continually before him as a
guide to his labors. Cutting is work
of great labor and time. Of the rela-
tive value of the cut and uncut dia-
mond there can be no positive cer-
tainty, though it is understood that the
finished stone is worth three times the
rough stone
The diamond is cold to the touch and
can not be looked through, as can all
limitations. Before cut its coat is
rough and looks like greenish glass.
Until the year 1476 the diamond was
worn uncut Many stones, supposed
to be the most beautiful in the world,
are in that state. Holland for long
period held a monopoly of diamond
cutting. England gradually came in,
and finally the United States have
turned out some very nice work. New
York and Chicago are the headquarters
for diamond-cutting.
The composition of the paste or Paris
brilliant is fine, pure white glass-sand
or silex, the best of which is found in
Rhode Island and exported to Paris fol
that use; potash, borax, red-lead and
arsenic; these substances are put into &
crucible, which is kept at great heal
for twenty-four hours or longer. The
mixture which results is called "strass;
it is cast into molds, cut and polished
the same as glass, and thus receives al
the facets and limitations of the rea
stone. These brilliants have the rich
ness and refraction of the true diamond
but not its hardness; few months
wear takes away their brilliancy, thu
air corrodes their surface. An imita
ton can be readily detected, either b.
the crucible or the file. A file will
make no impression upon the genuine
diamond, neither will the test of fire
but that must be used with care.-Cht
| pn0O Np3D2
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-05
AMERICAN FISHERIES.
The Amount and Glass of Fish Landed
by Yankee Fishermen i'm 1886.

The Amount and Glass of Fish Landed
by Yankee Fishermen i'm 1886.
In New England, during 1886, 1856
vessels, with an aggregate of 115, l3O
tons burden, carrying II, 1896 men, pro-
duced the following amount of fish:
1868, 364 pounds salt cod, 1926, 433
pounds of fresh cod. 1885, ,013 pounds
of other ground fish from Georges and
Browns Rank and the New England
shore. AZ, 443,076 pounds of Grand and
Western Banks salt cod, 1884, ,694
pounds of fresh halibut, 74,794 barrels
of herring, S5, ,256 barrels of salt mack
erel, 35, ,S99 barrels of fresh maekerel,
7,135 barrels of squid, 915,770 pounds
of food fish from traps, nets and boats;
5,17S, 535 pounds of fish from traps
used for fertilizing. The reports from
the menhaden steamers are not COM
plete, but twenty-four of them landed
470. .O22 barrels of menhaden.
The total amount of food fish landed
in Gloucester last year was 91,951, ,s79
pounds. The grand total. including
the Atlantic, Pacific and lakes, from
the last United States census. is as fol-
lows: Number of vessels. 1902; ton
mage, 17S,446.71, which does not in
clude any tonnage of the lakes or Pa
cific; number of boats, SO. S02; fisher
men employed afloat, "a. 17l; number Of
shore men. 26.5S2; fishing products.
1.69S, ,575,0 ,019 pounds; capital invested.
SIS, ,204, ,555.-Boston Globe.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-05
What the Letters Meant.

"Ah!' said the stranger, "this is a
strange country. There are all sorts
of people here, and it shows how wild
and marked are the vicissitudes of fate.
YES" said the Californian, "people
rise and fall here. knew an En-
glish Baronet who drove hack. "
Dear me! You don't tell mer' "Yes,
and l know a German Baron who
keeps a bootblack stand" "It's in
credible! But look up there. That is
the most curious thing l ever saw. "
And he pointed to a sign over an
oyster house which bore the legend:
peter Simple, F. R. S." and under
meath, ''Oysters." "Bless my SOUL
Bless my soul! A Fellow of the Royal
Society keeping an oyster saloon"
"Well, no; that's hardly so strange.
F. R. s. doesn't mean Fellow of the
Royal Society; it means Fried, Roasted
and Stewed. San Francisco Chron-
icle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-05
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The name of the new Consul to
Mexico is Elizabeth Caroline Moore.
He was named by eccentric parents
after his two grandmothers.
Hannah Battersby, the fattest
woman before the public, weighs 72S
pounds. She eats half pound of
candy daily Chicago Inter Ocean.
Lady Brassey, the narrator of the
voyage of the Sunbeam, has an apart
ment whose prevailing decoration is
the monkey, which is depicted on
walls, carpets and ceiling, and whose
figure is utilized in every sort of de-
sign.
The Spaniards claim Patti as theirs
because she was born in Madrid. Her
youth having been passed in New
York, she is an American-so we de-
clare. Now the Mcxicans rise to re-
mark that she is "a Mexican type,
daughter of the country of flowers.
General Beale, of Washington, is one
of the largest landed proprietors in the
United States. His cattle ranch,
TETON, embraces 250,000 acres, eighty
miles north of Los Angeles, CAL,
upon which are 10000 head OF cattle
and horses. He has farm of several
hundred acres eight miles from Wash
ington, where he has stud of blood
ed stock. He also possesses large
estate in Chester, Pa.
The Anaertcan Bookseller contains
full list of all the books published for
the general trade during the year 1886.
The number of titles in the list is 3,70S.
OF these fiction is represented by 49,,
religion by AL education 1893, travels
and description 179, history 1913, biog-
raphy 115, poetry and drama l27, art
III and Juveniles 514, the remainder
being miscellaneous and new editions.
Congressman Benton McMillin, of
Tennessee, ought to be happy. His
wife is a striking brunette, young,
graceful and accomplished. Her father
is Ex-Governor Brown, the richest man
in the State. Mrs McMillin is his only
child, and heiress to the old gentle
mans six or eight million dollars.
Moreover, Mr.. McMillin's constituency
say he holds lifelong candidacy
Chicago Journal.
Berry Taylor, son Of the late
Colonel James Taylor, of Newport,
KY, died the other night, aged forty
eight years. The dead man was very
eccentric. He spent large fortune in
entertaining prominent actors and ac-
tresses, and was always present in
box on the opening night of great at
fractions. He is said to have disposed
of over 100000 in this way, and be-
fore his death it was necessary to have
a guardian appointed to keep him from
squandering his entire fortune. He
leaves his wife rich.